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Payments for Hubtel EUVDEUVD-2026-90518

| CVE-2026-96173 MEDIUM
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639)
2026-10-01 contact@wpscan.com GHSA-xxhg-m845-4m9f
5.3
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: wpscan
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Identify site running Payments for Hubtel
  2. Delivery
    Request public payment-callback with arbitrary order reference
  3. Exploit
    Endpoint skips authorization check
  4. Execution
    Obtain order key and order contents
  5. Impact
    Enumerate further orders to harvest data

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Object-level authorization, IDOR prevention
Exploitation Conditions

No special conditions - remote unauthenticated exploitation against default configurations of the Payments for Hubtel WordPress plugin prior to 1.0.2, requiring only that the site has the plugin installed and its public payment-callback endpoint reachable. The practical limiter is scope of impact rather than access: the attacker gains only read access to an order's key and contents (C:L), must reference/guess valid order identifiers to target specific orders, and cannot modify data or escalate privileges through this flaw alone.

Impact

This is a genuine but modest-severity information-disclosure flaw. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N = 5.3 MEDIUM) is internally consistent with the description: an unauthenticated, network-reachable, low-complexity IDOR (CWE-639) in a public payment-callback endpoint that leaks an arbitrary order's key and contents, with only low confidentiality impact and no integrity or availability impact. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public POC are present in the input, so there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no evidence of active exploitation. The real-world risk is bounded: the impact is confined to disclosure of order data (customer/order details tied to the exploited order key), not account takeover, code execution, or payment manipulation. This should be treated as a routine-priority patch rather than an emergency - the low prevalence of the plugin and C:L-only impact keep aggregate risk low, though unauthenticated reachability means any exposed install is trivially probeable. Note the companion flaw CVE-2026-96200 in the same plugin/version covers callback origin-spoofing (integrity); defenders patching one should patch both via v1.0.2.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An unauthenticated attacker sends a crafted request to the plugin's public Hubtel payment-callback URL referencing an order they do not own; because the endpoint never checks that the requester is authorized to view that order, the attacker obtains the target order's order key and is redirected to view its contents. Iterating over order identifiers lets them harvest other customers' order data. No POC is published in the provided sources.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 01, 2026

Unauthenticated information disclosure in the Payments for Hubtel WordPress plugin (all versions before 1.0.2) allows remote attackers to retrieve the order key of an arbitrary order through the plugin's public payment-callback request and then view that order's contents. The flaw is an authorization bypass through user-controlled key (CWE-639): the callback handler redirects the requester without verifying they are permitted to view the order, so an attacker needs only to reach the callback endpoint and reference or guess a valid order identifier. It is a genuine but modest-severity issue (CVSS 3.1 base 5.3, AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N), with no confirmed active exploitation (not in CISA KEV) and no public exploit identified at time of analysis; the practical limit is that it grants read-only exposure of one order at a time and does not permit modification, privilege escalation, or service disruption.

RemediationAI

Apply the vendor-released fix: upgrade the Payments for Hubtel WordPress plugin to version 1.0.2 or later, which adds the missing authorization check on the public payment-callback request before redirecting the caller to an order view. Because the update is a plugin-only change, it can be rolled out without touching WordPress core, but verify immediately after upgrading that the callback endpoint still completes legitimate Hubtel payment notifications so that orders are not left in a pending state. If patching must be deferred, compensating controls are limited because the callback endpoint has to remain publicly reachable for Hubtel to confirm payments: you can restrict POST/GET access to the plugin's callback path using a web application firewall rule or server-level allowlist scoped to Hubtel's published notification source IPs, accepting the trade-off that any change to Hubtel's infrastructure or a missed IP range will silently break payment confirmation; alternatively, temporarily disable the plugin (and thus Hubtel payments) if order confidentiality outweighs lost checkout functionality. Also treat order keys as compromised where exposure is suspected, and ensure order keys are generated with sufficient entropy so that enumeration of valid identifiers is impractical, since the flaw lets a caller redeem any valid key it can reference or guess. Track the WPScan advisory at https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fcaa1526-0cf4-4356-9cf8-bc2dc3ed33b8/ and the VulDB record at https://vuldb.com/vuln/412512 for any updated guidance.

Affected VersionsENISA

Payments for Hubtel 0 <1.0.2

Affected Packages

euvd payments_for_hubtel fix: 1.0.2

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Payments for Hubtel is a WordPress e-commerce plugin that integrates the Hubtel payment platform, and like most WordPress payment gateways it exposes a public callback/webhook endpoint that Hubtel calls after a transaction so the site can finalize the order. The vulnerability is a classic CWE-639 authorization bypass through user-controlled key: the callback logic derives or accepts an order identifier (the order key) from the request and, rather than checking that the current requester is authorized to view that order, redirects the caller to an order-viewing context and leaks the order key and its contents. Because the CVSS vector is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N, exploitation is confirmed as remote and unauthenticated with no user interaction, requiring only that the plugin be installed and the payment-callback endpoint reachable on the target WordPress site. The exposed credential is the order key itself, a WooCommerce-style identifier that functions as a capability to view order data, so leaking it converts into a persistent read primitive against that specific order. Impact is bounded to confidentiality of order contents (C:L), since the handler performs no data modification (I:N) and provides no denial-of-service path (A:N).

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Severity by source

Vendor (wpscan) PRIMARY 5.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
vuln.today AI 5.3 MEDIUM

Public unauthenticated network endpoint with no interaction (PR:N/UI:N/AC:L) leaking only order data gives C:L with no integrity or availability impact.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (wpscan).

CVSS VectorVendor: wpscan

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Patch available
Oct 01, 2026 - 07:01 EUVD
CVE Published
Oct 01, 2026 - 06:17 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
Oct 01, 2026 - 06:17 cve.org
MEDIUM 5.3

DescriptionCVE.org

The Payments for Hubtel WordPress plugin before 1.0.2 does not verify that the requester is authorized to view an order before redirecting a public payment-callback request, allowing unauthenticated attackers to obtain the order key of an arbitrary order and view its contents.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 92% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
niche WordPress plugin for Ghana-specific Hubtel payment gateway
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
Yes
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

26
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +26
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0
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